The Doordarshan News' number game

A live broadcast by Doordarshan News, it appeared, had spiked BJP President Amit Shah's quest for number 2 status.

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india today digital

November 6, 2014

ISSUE DATE: November 17, 2014

UPDATED: November 7, 2014 15:42 IST

Illustration by Saurabh Singh

A live broadcast by Doordarshan News, it appeared, had spiked BJP President Amit Shah's quest for number 2 status. At the launch of the BJP's membership drive on November 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given membership number 1. The understanding was that Shah would get membership number 2. However, DD's live telecast of the toll-free registration number led to a flurry of phone calls from BJP workers and Shah struggled to get through the phone number to register his membership. He need not have worried. In the end, Shah got the coveted number despite registering after several BJP leaders.